Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-12
TIL GRIT srK,MEENDED.
The Brewers Refuse so 60 Out-NO.
40's Orders DisrcGardcd.
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NV YORK, February IA visit to
the brCwcrios showed that oil the en-
plovees were Ut work. and IT was stated
by the men the. ihey had positively re-
fused 10 stop work and take a hand IN
the great strike.
Tie ordering of the engineers en-
ployed on the steamship and railroad
piers TO Join the strike has, so far as the
piers of the river-fronts are concerned,
proven a deadlock.
A visit to the docks this morning
failed TO find single instance of the
stationary engineers having gone out.
The freight-handlers formerly en-
p]oyed on the New York and Northern
railway yesterday sent a delegate to
Accnt Allen to ask him to take back the
strikers without exception. He replied
that as the union men hadfstruck with
ont giving any warning they could not
come back. The new men had been
pT0misedapermanCncy, and were giving
satisfaction. HewOuld keep his faith with
them. At the Mhmc-LIne dock all Of
the strikers have returned, and at the
Ward-Line dock only about twenty-five
of the strikers remain ont At the Nal
lory-Linc dock the superintendent will
have none Of the strikers, the men who
took their places giving satisfaction.
At the piers of the Long Island rail
road, the Bristol Line, the Baltimore
and Ohio Transportation, the Bridge
port daily Line, and other piers work
was proceeding as evenly Us before the
strike.
The eccentric engineers have refused
point blank to obey the order of Dis
trict Assembly 80, knights Of Labor
to strike. At the headquarters Of the
Assembly this morning the reports Of
delegates who had been sent out 10 see
what steps the engineers were taking in
the matter of obeying the order re-
ported that the men refused to quit
work The leaders of the strike made
every effort To keep the matter secret,
but the groups of men around the
headquarters and their excited CONVEX
sation plainly told that something had
gone wrong. The reports from the diff
ftrent hrewcrics were equally discOur-
aging, and it was generally admitted
that the last effort of ~ had proved a
lnmentable failure. An official authority
stated that the engineers and brewers
had been called on at too late a period,
and lie frankly admitted that the strike
Was failure. There were other
signs of dissatisfaction with the ex-
ecutiye of 40. A prominent mem
Der Of the Frcight-Handlcrs' Union
said there were two or three men hold
ing rank in - who wanted to run the
whole business for their own ends. \
number of 'longshoremen stood around
the headquarters and several of them
openly declared that they would go to
work unless moro financial aid from
theirunioDswas granted them. Asimilar
opinion was expressed by che other
men, aud it would not be surprising if
there was a general break in the ranks
Of the strikers at any moment.
1t is now an open secret that the
'longshoremon' strike on the East
river waterfront is practically NJ an
end. IN an interview with one OF the
officers OF Union No. = t0-hlShl ne uu-
hcsitutngly confessed that more than
ore-half Of their 2,40O members had
declared their intention of .rcsammg
work tomorrow provided the managers
of the companies wOuid allow them.
he alleged asa reason for their seces-
sion that II majority Of the union wcro
Knights of Labor, and that they DIS
eliminated against those who were not
members OF that order in the distribu-
ton Of the fund for the strikers relief,
the "dudes and italians, as they
termed them, receiving all the aid,
while the Old members were totally
ignored
uIsrICr 80 GIVES t. UP.
Nrw York, February 1.-THE FIX
ccutiye Fond OF District Assembly ~
tonight declared the great strike at an
end.